text: *1896–1932 Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Joseph E. Trevor
  *1933–1951 S. C. Lind
  *1952–1964 William A. Noyes
  *1965–1969 F. T. Wall
  *1970–1980 Bryce Crawford
  *1980–2004 Mostafa El-Sayed
  *2005–2019 George C. Schatz
  *2020–present Joan-Emma Shea